There was a moment when it felt like things might actually, finally, change. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, citizens across the USA – and soon the whole world – rose up to protest police brutality. As the Black Lives Matter movement grew substantially, there were both peaceful marches and violent riots, the latter often instigated by the police. But so palpable and electric was the anger in the air that it finally seemed like the racist, unfairly capitalist power structures that have defined America since its inception might be about to crumble. Jason Aalon Butler felt it, too. For 13 straight days, the FEVER 333 frontman was front and centre at the protests in his hometown of Los Angeles. He’d take to the streets...
